You Are The Apple of My Eyes

Chapter 692 I'll Support You

"I'm on my way, Leon. Wait for me." Hearing the anxiety and concern in Michelle's voice over the phone brought a smile to Leon's face. Even if his lips only curled up slightly, his expression brightened considerably.

He hung up the call, feeling satisfied. When he turned around, he saw James looking at him in confusion. But Leon was too much in a good mood to feel embarrassed. He even found the other man's expression amusing.

"What's up?" Raising his eyebrows, Leon calmly patted James on the shoulder. "Do me a favor and don't tell Michelle who I really am."

This confused James even more. "You're Aunt Nina's brother. How could Mimi not know who you are? Doesn't she know that Aunt Nina is...?"

As he spoke, he came to a sudden realization. "Oh, no! Could it be?"

'Mimi doesn't know that Aunt Nina is the princess of C Island?'

Smirking, Leon asked, "What do you think?"

From Leon's expression alone, James confirmed that Michelle didn't know the whole truth.

"I thought they told her already," he muttered with a frown.

"Maybe the others also thought so." Leon wanted to thank them for not saying anything. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to coax Michelle into supporting him.

James didn't know what to say.

It seemed everyone thought that someone else had shared the truth with Michelle. Because of that, no one actually told her anything. The girl was still very much in the dark.

"And Mimi is not suspicious at all?" James couldn't imagine it. Michelle should have noticed something, but she hadn't. Just how obtuse was she?

"She doesn't doubt a thing."

Leon's reply made James sigh in exasperation. "Oh my God! Emma is so clever, so how is Michelle such a fool?"

"Who are you calling a fool?" Leon disagreed, thinking back on the times Michelle praised herself. "She's an intelligent young woman."

The corners of James' mouth twitched. "Uncle Leon, are you serious? You lied to her just now when you told her that you didn't have the money to buy soy milk. And she believed you, didn't she? Even now, she's rushing to come to your aid."

"I really can't afford it," Leon insisted with a shrug. His amber eyes gleamed in the sun and a faint smile lifted the corners of his lips. He looked too calm to be lying.

At twenty-six years of age, Leon was as cunning as a fox. And only Wynn knew about it.

With a smile that made him seem harmless, Leon was actually more difficult to read than people with poker faces.

James pondered for a minute and then asked, "Why don't you have any money? Don't lie to me."

"My parents tied up all my money as punishment for helping Nina run away from home, not taking her back when I found her, and covering up her marriage with John." Leon was not exaggerating.

His remaining wealth was currently being invested by Bryant. He didn't have much left, so it was a fact that he couldn't afford to buy soy milk. He wasn't in the habit of carrying cash and there shouldn't be any balance left in his mobile phone.

'No, there might be some left.'

Leon opened his WeChat and saw that he still had three hundred left out of the eight hundred that Michelle had given him. So he transferred all that money to Bryant without any hesitation.

Bryant, as the recipient of a sudden and unexplained money transfer, was undoubtedly confused by what was going on. "Huh? Why?"

He sent a message through the app to ask, but Leon deleted his message.

Acting as if nothing had happened, Leon showed his WeChat wallet to James and injected some bitterness in his tone as he said, "See? I'm really poor."

James felt very uncomfortable.

He no longer doubted Leon. Since he knew Nina's identity and background, he had been worrying about John.

Even if the Shi family was rich and powerful, it still couldn't hold a candle to the royal family.

It made sense that the royal family didn't like the Shi family.

James didn't expect that Leon would get punished and suffer in the consequence. He didn't know what was going on with Nina and John, but he couldn't let Leon live through such hardship.

'Uncle John is never going to marry anyone other than Aunt Nina. And I have to call Leon my uncle in this life, ' James thought.

With his mind made up, he said, "You don't have to worry about money anymore, Uncle Leon. From now on, I'll support you."

James' declaration surprised Leon that the man choked on his own saliva.

Hearing the words "I'll support you" come from someone else aside from Michelle didn't sit right with Leon.

"Don't talk nonsense," he replied with a frown.

Upon seeing the other man's expression, James realized the implication of what he just offered. In a panic, he rushed to explain, "No, no. That's not what I meant. Don't misunderstand. I have a wife."

"I know."

"Good. Just so there's no misunderstanding. It would be bad if my wife heard about this. If she gets upset, I'm doomed." James sighed in relief. "Uncle Leon, why don't you come and work for me? I'll find an excellent agent and give you the best resources. I can make you famous."

Leon was glad that James had such a kind heart, but he didn't like showing up in public and he wasn't actually lacking in money.

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"I don't want to work. I like being supported." Leon smiled.

"Then, how about I support you?" James asked again.

Leon had been smiling for so long that his face felt stiff. "I don't like being supported by someone else."

"Why? Am I someone else? Aren't we family?" James asked in return, pointing back and forth between the two of them.

Leon continued to smile without confirming anything.

'Uncle John hasn't come back and there is still no news about Aunt

Nina. No wonder Uncle Leon doesn't think we are family.

But I believe Uncle John will return with Aunt Nina. And we'll be family in the end, ' James thought.

The two men talked outside the store for a long time. James still had to buy breakfast for his wife. They were both up late last night making love. If he didn't return soon, she would be hungry.

"Leon, I'm going ahead. If you need anything, just call me. Sooner or later, we'll be family," James said with a confident smile. His whole body seemed to glow in the sun's light.

For a man in his twenties, he was high-spirited like a teenager.

After James drove away, the empty parking space was quickly occupied by a black Audi. A lovely figure unfolded from the front passenger seat. Leon's amber eyes caught sight of her youthful face.

The young woman's hair brushed her shoulders. She had bangs, and her cheeks turned as pink as a peach after being exposed to the sun. She looked dewy-eyed and unbearably cute that Leon wanted to kiss her.

He started to smile when he saw that Michelle was hurrying to meet him, but the corners of his lips stopped in their ascent when a man came around the car and caught up with the girl. The two of them headed toward him.

Michelle and Colby were close enough that their arms could have brushed as they walked.

Leon's expression darkened.